ACTIVITY BOK

Just like an airport is a place or planes toland, load, and unload travelers, the Porto Long Beach is a place where ships cometo dock, and pick up or drop o their cargo:things like sneakers, clothes, electronics,cars, ruits and vegetables, computers,toys, and televisions.When cargo comes into the United States,it’s called an “import” and when somethingmade here gets shipped to another country,it’s called an “export.”Cargo is transported using large metalboxes called “containers.” These containersare moved on or o ships using giant cranes.The cranes also move containers onto trainsand trucks that will transport their cargoacross the United States.Let’s learn some more about the peopleand things that make up the Port o LongBeach...

A Sneaker Story

So what is a port anyway?

Have you ever wondered how things like sneakers travel all the wayrom the actories where they’re made to end up on your eet?Solve this little puzzle to fnd out! Try to fgure out what order theboxes go in, rom frst to last, by writing the numbers 1 through 6in the white circles.

A n s w e r s : 3 , 5 , 1 , 4 , 6 , 2 .

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Cargo CroswordName GameStarboard Solution

Across:

3. A transport methodor cargo on land4. A bird, and a piece o equipment5. The person in chargeo a ship

Down:

1. The ocean thatborders Caliornia2. Contains cargo4. Items being shipped

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Use the symbols to crack the codeby matching the symbols. Can yousolve the puzzle and gure outwhere this ship comes rom?

(Hint: it’s one o the Port’s biggest trading partners!)

a b c d e  h i j l m n

See i you can make itthrough the color maze! Jump rom one containerto the next ollowing thispattern:

Red, Orange,Blue, Green, Purple,

then repeat! You canmove up, down, let orright, but not diagonal!

Maze Craze

On a ship, things have dierent names than they do on land. Akitchen is called a

galley

, the foor is called the

deck

, and walls are

bulkheads

. Another dierence is instead o saying let and right,they say

port

and

starboard

. When you are acing the same way asa ship is heading, port is on the let, and starboard is on the right.All ships have a green light on their starboard side, and a red light ontheir port side. This makes it easy or a captain to tell what directionanother ship is heading rom ar away, or when it’s dark out.

C r o s s w o r d : D o w n : 1 . P a c i f c , 2 . C o n t a i n e r , 4 . C a r g o . A c r o s s : 3 . T r a i n , 4 . C r a n e , 5 . C a p t a i n . N a m e G a m e A n s w e r : C h i n a

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Finih!

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